pagafantas
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of paga (“to pay”) + Fantas (“Fantas”), literally “Fanta buyer”. Popularized in a 2009 film of the same name.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pagafantas m or f by sense (plural pagafantas)
- (Spain, slang) friend-zonee, nice guy, orbiter (someone stuck in the friend zone)
- 2019, Álex Fidalgo, Lo que tú digas, Kailas Editorial, →ISBN:
- Pero es que no quiere ser su amigo. Es ella la que lo obliga a ser su amigo, ella pone las normas. Entonces, el pagafantas, en el noventa y nueve por ciento de los casos, es un tío que acaba deprimido y que ya se busca otra historia.
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See also
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- Spanish verb-object compounds
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/antas
- Rhymes:Spanish/antas/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish nouns with multiple genders
- Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Peninsular Spanish
- Spanish slang
- Spanish terms with quotations